Heater for fireplaces.



B. e. BARSHOW. HEATER FOR FIRBPLAGES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1913.

1,1 19,488, Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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B. G. BARSHOW.

HEATER FOR PIREPLACES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1913.

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B. G. BARSHOW.

HEATER FOR FIREPLAGES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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HEATER FOR PIREPLACES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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BENJAMIN Gr. BARSHOW, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

HEATER FOR FIREPLACES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed. September 24,- 1913. Serial No. 791,591.

17 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Gr. BAR- si-Iow, citizen of the United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Bible and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters for'Fireplaces, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw-' ings.

This invention relates co-improvements in fire places and has for its primary object to provide a combination mantel and fire place bodily insertible into an opening provided My invention has for another of its objects to provide a fire place of the above type embodying a case mounted upon the rear face of the fire place, a grate in said case, heat distributing means, and an adjustable radiator extending through the chimney space in the building wall and adapted to admit heated air from the fire place into an adjacent apartment.

invention further contemplates the provision of a combined mantel and fire place mounted upon a wheel supported base whereby the same may be readily moved into or out of the opening in the building wall, said fire place being of such construction. that the parts thereof are easily accessible for the purpose of repair.

My invention further includes an improved cool: stove attachment designed to be removably disposed in conjunction with the fire place, and means for directing the heat from the products of combustion on the grate of the fire place into the heating chamber of said stove;

It is a further purpose of the present invention to provide means for supplying hot watt ing in connection wlth my improved fire place, a heating oven and an additional hot water chamber carried by the fire place to-' gether with means for supplying heat to an adjustable outlet mounted upon the fire place, andsimple and effective means for distributing and supplying the heat to the various parts of theradiator whereby'a de-' vice of great utility is produced with a minimum fuel consumption.

1 My iin-ention furthercomprehends the provision of an apparatus of the above charto a number of radiators in the build-' acter which is comparatively simple in its construction, may be produced at small manufacturing cost and results in numerous decided advantages not procurable in other devices of a similar character now in general use.

/Vith the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

. For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a combined mantel and fire place embodying my invention in its preferred form; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the fire place, the cook stove attachment being removed; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. i is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the divided valve plate carried by the cooking attachment and the adjustable support therefor; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the base of the fire place.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates a mantel which may be of any approved-construction, the same including the usual mirror 6 arranged above the mantel shelf 7. I

8 designates the ornamental tiling which surrounds the front plate 9 of the metallic fire place structure. To the rear face of the mantel, a sheet metal plate 10 preferably of cast iron is secured, and upon this plate, the several parts of my improved fire place to be later referred to in detail are rigidly mounted. The body of the fire place includes a sheet metal case 11 which is rigidly fixed at its lower end upon a base plate 12. This base plate is illustrated in detail in Fig. 8 and includes parallel longitudinal side bars which are integrally connected at a point intermediate of their ends by the cross bar 13. This cross bar and the longitudinal bars of the base plate or frame are provided upon their contiguous edges with inwardly projecting flanges 14:. Beneath the-longitudinalbars of theframe or base 12, the rollers or casters 15 are mounted,-

said casters supporting the entire fire place structure so that the same may be readily moved into or out of position in. the opening provided in the building all.

The side walls of the body case 11 are extended forwardly from the rear wall thereof and provided with fianges to be bolted or otherwise secured to the plate 10. At its rear upper edge, the case 11 is reduced in width and provided with a cylindrically formed outlet 16 for the products of combustion. Upon this outlet hood or cap 17 is removably engaged, said cap being provided with a butterfly valve or damper 18. The rear upper portion of the case 11 is connected to the attaching and supporting plate 10 by means of the inclined plate 19, and below this plate a second inclined plate 20 is arranged to direct the smoke and other products of combustion from the oven chamber, to be later referred to, to the outlet extension 16. These two plates are connected by means of a plurality of rods or other supports 21.

Below the plates 19 and 20 a partition plate 22 extends between the side walls of the case 11 and is securely riveted thereto. The forward portion of this plate supports the housing or chamber 23 in which the oven 24 is disposed. The forward edges of the walls of this oven are flanged and riveted securely to the plate 10. The front wall 9 of the fire place is provided with a suitable door 25 whereby access may be gained to the oven 24. It is to be particularly noted that the forward edges of the walls of the casing or chamber 23 terminate short of the plate 10, and immediately opposite the upper and lower horizontal edges of the oven casing, clean out doors 26 are mounted in the wall 9. Each of said doors carries a suitable shield plate 27 to protect the same from the effects of the intense heat. That portion of the partition plate 22 which extends rearwardly of the oven housing 23 is downwardly inclined as shown at 22 and in the same the adjustable damper plate 28 is arranged whereby the flow of hot air from the fire place to the space above said partition plate may be. controlled at the will of the operator. downwardly inclined rear portion 22 of the partition plate the water heating pipe coils 29 are arranged and supported upon suitable brackcts 30 secured to each of the side walls of the outer case 11 0f the fire place. The water is supplied to these coils 29 from a tank or reservoir indicated at 31 which is suitably arranged and supported in the upper portion of the building and is fed from the supply pipe 32. A pipe 33 extends from the pipe coils and is provided with a suitable control valve, said latter pipe extending to the several hot water radiators arranged in the apartments of a building. The pipe coil Immediately above this 29 is connected to the ingress and outlet pipes by means of suitable couplings so that it can be readily disconnected when it is desired ti) remove the fire place from the building Wall for the purpose of repair. Beneath the oven 24 and within the housing 23 thereof, 1 preferably arrange two or more gas burners 3%, which are employed when it is desired to use the oven for baking purposes.

In the lower portion of the outer case 11, the cast iron fire box 35 is arranged, said fire box consisting of a rear wall and two side walls which are supported upon the base 12 and extend in: close engagement with the corresponding walls of the case 11,

A; grate 36 is mounted within the bottom of i this fire box upon suitable supporting brackets 37, and immediately above this grate, an inclined flame directing plate 37' extends upwardlyfrom the rear wall of the fire box. This plate is preferably removably supported by the inclined cleats 73 se cured to the inner faces of the side walls ofthe fire place, and at their forward ends said cleats are horizontally extended as at 73 to support the )late 73 hingedly con; nected to the plate 3 The particular purpose of these plates 37 and 73 will be hereinafter fully set forth. Each of these pipes is connected to an additional pipe section by. a suitable coupling 40, and is provided with a check valve 41. The inlet and outlet pipes are also further provided with faucets lil whereby the occupant of the room through which said pipes extend may obtain a. supply of hot or cold water. Normally however, when said faucets are closed, the water circulates through the chamber 38 and is highly heated therein and then passes through the outlet pipe to a tank in the hath (not shown) to supply hot water. The upper edges of the side walls of the fire box 35 are rearwardly and downwardly inclined and upon the same the water chamber 38 is mounted and secured. It is to be noted that the forward wall of this chamber is spaced as indicated at 43 from the adjacent portion of the plate 10. Bracket members 44: are secured to the side walls of the fire box 35 and are provided with openings to receive l retaining lugs formed upon the ends of a supporting frame 45 on which a plurality of gas burners 46 are mounted. It will thus be seen that in the summer when it is not desired to build a fire upon the grate 36 the gas burners may be arranged in the fire box and a supply of hot water quickly obtained.

The fire which is built upon the grate 36 will of course, heat the atmosphere of the room into which the fire place opens. I have, however, also devised means for supplying heated'air to the room on the opposite side of the building wall. It is of course understood that the opening in the wall in which my improved fire place is positioned communicates with the chimney fine and the smoke and products of combustion escape into said flue from the outlet 16. To the outer body casing 11 of the fire place and in spaced relation thereto, the sheet metal wall a? is secured thereby producing an air space 48 which extends around the rear and upon both sides of the body of the fire place. At the lower end of the wall 47, the same is formed with a rectangular extension 49 which is disposed transversely of the building wall or across the chimney flue, and upon this extension the rectangular sheet metal tube 50 is adapted to be slidably engaged when the same is inserted through the wall of the'adjacent apartment. In the outer open end of this tube, a suitable grating 51 is arranged and by adjusting the pivoted plates or doors of said radiator, the amount of heated air issuing from the fire place into the opposite room may be regulated. In the top wall of the rectangular tube 50 a butterly valve or damper plate 52 is mounted, so that when the heat becomes excessive, the hot air may be exhausted into the chimney flue. In the extension 49 of the wall 47, a vertical partition plate 53 is secured. A plurality of metal tubes 54: are mounted at one of their ends in this plate and extend through openings in the rear wall of the fire place casing 11 and coinciding openings in the rear wall of the fire box 85. Above and below this series of tubes at each side thereof, openings 55 are provided in the plate 53 through which the heated air in the space 4-8 between the walls of the case 11 and of the plate 47, may es cape into the tube 50. The series of metal tubes 54 which project into the fire box immediately above the plate 37 become highly heated, and the other ends of said tubes being open, such heated air is also supplied to the tube 50.

Upon the front wall 9 of the fire place, and immediately below the forward end of the hot water chamber 38, an outwardly and downwardly inclined balile plate 56 is secured. This plate serves to prevent smoke and gases issuing into the room or apartment and directs the same upwardly through the space 48 and past the lower forward edge of the oven housing 23 into the space between said housing and the oven 24:.

In conjunction with my improved fire place, a cook stove may be used. The body 57 of this stove is mounted upon supporting casters 58, and the interior thereof is divided by means of a vertical partition wall 59, disposed adjacent the front wall of the stove. The forward compartment formed by this wall 59 is further divided by means of the longitudinal plate 60 which forms an upper chamber 61 adapted to receive foods which it is desired to keep warm. This chamber may be provided at one end with a suitable door while the other chamber immediately below the chamber-61 is open at its ends so that the heat of the stove may escape into the room. Between the vertical wall 59 and the rear wall of the stove body, spaced parallel inclined plates are arranged thereby producing an air space 63 which is also open at both ends. The space below these plates 62 is also open at its ends and in the rear wall of the stove body an adjustable draft plate 6% is arranged so as to admit a greater or less amount of air to the space beneath the grate 36. Diverging and integrally connected directing walls 65 are arranged between the top of the stove body 57 and the upper inclined plate 62 I lower wall 65 is connected to said latter plate by means of aplurality of spaced bars 66, and said walls 65 are connected to each other at intervals by the bars 67. Upon the rear edge of the top wall of the stove body 57, a damper plate 68 is pivotally mounted. Tothisplate a rod 69 is con nected whereby the same may be adjusted,

a suitable latch member 70 being mounted upon the battle plate 56 for engagement with said rod to hold the plate 68 in its adjusted position.

In order to direct the flames and products of combustion into the fire box of the cook stove when the same is arranged in position as shown in Fig. 1, I provide the hinged plate 71 which is mounted upon the rear edge of the upper inclined wall 65 and is adapted for engagement over an opening 72 provided in the plate .73 which is hing-- edly mounted upon the forward. edge of the inclined plate 37 arranged in the fire box 35. The plate 71 at each end laps slightly upon the edges of the opening 72 so that there will be no interference by the plate 71 engaging the end walls of the fire box when it is desired to swing the cook stove away from the fire place.

It will be understood that when the cook stove attachment is not in use, the flames leap upwardly from the grate through the openings 72 in the plate 73 and over the plate 37, thereby heating the closed ends of the pipes or tubes 5st disposed above said latter plate, to a high degree. Thus it will be apparent that air entering the other open end of said tubes becomes highly heated, whereby a constant supply of hot air to the radiator 50 is maintained.

In the use of my improved cook stove attachment, the flames and products of combustion from the fuel bed upon the grate 36 pass into the space between the lower inclined plate 65 and the upper plate 62 and around the connected plates 65 under the top wall of the stove body and beneath the adjustable plate 68 so that it returns to the fire place proper immediately below the wa- The.

ter chamber 38. As indicated by the arrows in Fig. l, the heated air passes around the rear end of the water chamber and upwardly past the damper plate 28 to heat the water in the pipe coils 29.

In order to divert the heated air and. products of combustion upwardly through the pipe coil 29, I provide a valve 28 located immediately above the forward end of the water chamber 38.

If it is desired to use the oven 24 for baking purposes, the valve or damper plate 28 is closed so that all of the heat or the greater portion thereof will be directed into contact with the walls of the oven 2 Gas burners 74: similar to the burners 46 may also be arranged in the cock stove between the upper wall 65 and the top of said stove when the fire place is not being used. By simply adjusting the valve 18, the interior of the fire place may be equally heated to a greater or less degree so that the water which is supplied to the radiators in the building from the coils 29 will become highly heated. As above stated, the base frame 12 is provided with flanges 1a and these flanges are adapted to receive and support the ash pan 7 5 which is thus suspended beneath the grate 36 from which position it may be readily withdrawn when it is necessary to empty the same of its contents. The butterfly valve or damper plate 28 is preferably actuated through the medium of a rod which extends forwardly through the front wall of the fire place.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought thatthe construction, manner of operation and several advantages of my invention will be clearly and fully understood.

My improved apparatus permits of the complete utilization of all heat units to simultaneously heat adjacent apartments and also supply hot water. At the same time, it will be appreciated that the consumption of coal or other fuel in the operation of the device is comparatively small. I am thus enabled to exercise considerable economy in the operation of such lire places without sacrificing their practical efiiciency. By mounting the fire place upon a movable base, the same may be very easily and quickly rolled into position in the opening in a building wall or withdrawn from the same so that the fire place may be repaired. In the summer when the lire place is not in. use, the front portion thereof below the baffle wall 36 may be conveniently closed by means of a suitable shield or case especially constructed therefor. As the several parts of the apparatus are easily accessible, itwill be apparent that they can be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones or repaired when necessary.

It is they are to be considered as within the scope i of the present invention. desired to use my improved fire place as an ordinary cool: stove and not mount the same upon the mantle for arrangement in the It may also be wall of a building. In such case, it is simply a necessary to connect the outlet cap or hood 1? to the chimney flue by means of a pipe extension as will be readily understood.

It is to be particularly noted that the water chamber 25 is practically enveloped in the heated air rising from the grate, the

same contacting with all sides of said cham her and thus almost instantaneously heat ing the water therein. It will thus be apparent that after the fire is start d upon the grate, the supply of hot water in said chamber will be inexhaustible, as the cold water is highly heated between the point of entrance and its outlet from said chamber.

My invention is also capable of various other modifications in the form, proportions and arrangement of the several elements employed and I reserve the privilege of resorting to all legitimate changes as may be. fairly embodied within the splrit and scope of the invention, as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place structure, arranged in a building wall and having an outlet for the products of combustion in communication with the chimney flue of said wall, a fuel bed supporting grate in the fire place, a casing ex.- tending transversely through the building wall, and opening into an adjacent apartment, a grating mounted in said casing, and a plurality of hot air supplying tubes having one of'their ends disposed above the fire place grate in the path of the products of combustion and opening at their other ends 111130 said cas ng.

.2. In apparatus of the character described, a lire place structure arranged in a building wall and having an outlet for the products of combustion in communication with the chimney flue of said wall, a grate arranged in the fire place, a wall arranged exteriorly of the fire place proper and extending in spaced relation to the rear and side walls thereof'to provide a hot air passage, said wall having an extension disposed transplace and in the combustion.

versely of the building wall, a casing removably engaged upon said extension and opening into an adjacent apartment, a grating mounted in said casing, a plate arranged in the extension of said exterior wall andprovlded with a plurality of openings affording communication between the hot air space and said casing, and a plurality of hot' air conducting tubes mounted at one of their ends in saidplate and having their other ends disposed above the grate of the fire path of the products of 3. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place arranged in a building wall and having an outlet for the products of combustion in communication with the chimney flue of said wall, a fire 'box'arranged in the fire place, a grate mounted in the fire box, a water chamber arranged above the fire box, a cook stove adapted for arrangement in front of the fire place, and means carried by the cook stove to project over the grate to direct the products of combustion into the heating chamber of said stove.

ported by the pivoted plate in the fire box to direct the products of combustion from the grate into the hot air passage of said stove, and an adjustable damper plate at the,

outlet of said passage.

5. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place arranged in a building wall and having an outlet for the products of combustion in communication with-the chimney flue of said wall, a fire box arranged in said fire place, a grate arranged in the fire box, a hot water chamber mounted above said fire box, a partition wall in the fire place above said water chamber, a housing mounted upon said partition wall, the forward end of said housing being open and spaced from the front wall of .said fire place, an oven mounted upon the front wall of the fire place and extending into said housing, clean out doors in the front wall of the fire place above and below the oven, and a valve arranged in said partition wall to cause the products of combustion to pass through said housing or upwardly through the fire place at the rear of the housing.

6. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place structure including a combustion chamber and a hot water chamber arranged above the same, astationary plate.

arranged between thejhot water chamber and the combustion chamber, a plate hingedly mounted upon the forward; edge of said stationary plate, said latter'plate being providedwith an opening to permit .the products of combustion to pass upwardly through the fireplacearound tl'ie'hot water chamber, in combination withajcook stove attachment adapted for arrangement in front of the fire place and provided with means to close the opening in said hinged plate and direct the products of combustion into the heating, chamber of said stove.

7. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place structure includm' 'g a combustion chamber and a hot watei' 'cha mber arranged above the same,a stationary, plate arranged between'the hot water chamber and the combustion chamber,- a plate hingedly mounted uponthe forward edge of said stationary plate, said latter. plate being provided with an opening to permit the products of combustion to pass upwardly through the fire place around thehot water chamber, in combination with a cook stove attachment adapted for arrangement in front of the fire place,'and a hinged plate carried by the cook stove adapted to be arranged in superposed relation to the hinged plate above the combustion chamber and over the opening thereof to direct'the products'of combustion'into the heating chamber of said stove.

8. In apparatus of the character described, a fire place structure including a combustion chamber and a hot water chamber arranged above the same, a stationary plate: arranged between the hot water chamberand the'combustion chamber, a plate hingedly mounted upon the forward edge of said stationary plate, said latter plate being provided with an opening to permit the products of combustion to pass upwardly through the fire place around the hot water chamber, in combination with a cook. stove front of the fire place, a hinged plate carranged in superposed relation to the hinged attachment adapted for arrangementv in I plate above the combustion chamber and over the opening thereof to direct the prod nets of combustion into the heating chamber of said stove, and an additional adjustable plate carried by the cook stove to direct the products of combustion back to the fire place immediately beneath the water chamber as they issue from the heatingchamber of the stove.

9. In apparatus of the character ideture movable into or out of an opening in a building wall and having an outlet for the I scribed, a wheel supported fire place struc-V J r-box'mounted in the fire place, a grate arrangedin the fire box, a grating in connection with the fire place transversely of the building Wall and adapted to supplyv heat to variachacent apartment, a plurality of hot air tubes carried by the fire place having 4 one of theirends disposed in the path of the products of combustion to supply hot air frontwall of the fire place, a grating in connection with the fire plaee and extending throug'h'the building Wall to supply hot air to an adjacent apartment, means carried by the fire place for conducting heat from the fire place proper to said grating, a hot Water chamber arranged in the fire place beneath said oven, gas burners arranged beneath the oven, gas burners removably mounted in the fire place beneath said Water chamber, and

means for directing the products of combustion around the Water chamber to said oven or upwardlythrough the fire place and rear: Wardly of said oven.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

BENJAMIN G. BARSHOVV.

Witnesses CHAS. B. GEEsLIN, PATRICK G. MoNELIs.

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